Bidirectional wireless number pad and keyboard

Abstract

The present invention uniquely separates the number pad from a keyboard providing a separate, wireless device. This separate wireless device with the number pad includes a display and has multiple modes of operation.

1 . A computer interface system comprising:
 a hub connected to said computer and configured to communicate wirelessly with at least three peripheral devices;   a wireless mouse for wirelessly communicating with said hub;   a wireless keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless keyboard having an alphanumeric keyboard but no separate number pad; and   a wireless, mobile media device and numeric keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard including   a number pad,   a display, said mobile media device and numeric keyboard being configured to provide to said display for a music application, at least one of an artist's name, song title and track number, and for a video application, at least one of a track number, a length of a video, a video title and an elapsed time, and   a back button,   a forward button,   a volume up button,   a volume down button,   a stop button, and   a pause button.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard is configured with two modes of operation, a first mode as a number pad and a second mode as a calculator. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard is configured to provide a navigating function. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising a media button on one of said wireless keyboard and said wireless numeric keyboard, said media button being configured to launch a media application. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 4  wherein said media application comprises one of an application for playing music, an application for displaying a video and an application for displaying still pictures. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said wireless mouse, wireless keyboard and wireless numeric keyboard all communicate using Bluetooth™ technology with said hub. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said hub is connected to a USB port of said computer. 
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said wireless keyboard and wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard each include media buttons for performing the same functions. 
   
   
       9 . A computer interface system comprising:
 a hub connected to said computer and configured to communicate wirelessly with at least three peripheral devices;   a wireless mouse for wirelessly communicating with said hub;   a wireless keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless keyboard having an alphanumeric keyboard but no separate number pad;   a wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard including a number pad and a display.   wherein said wireless keyboard and wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard each include media buttons for performing the same functions; and   wherein said media buttons include a volume up button, a volume down button and a mute button.   
   
   
       10 . A computer interface system comprising:
 a hub connected to said computer via a USB port and configured to communicate wirelessly using Bluetooth™ technology with at least three peripheral devices;   a wireless mouse for wirelessly communicating with said hub;   a wireless keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless keyboard having an alphanumeric keyboard but no separate number pad;   a wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard for wirelessly communicating with said hub, said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard including a number pad and a display, wherein said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard is configured to provide a navigating function; and   a media button on said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard, said media button being configured to launch a media application, said media application comprises one of an application for playing music, an application for displaying a video and an application for displaying still pictures.   
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard is configured with a third mode of operation, a navigation mode. 
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 11  wherein said wireless mobile media device and numeric keyboard further comprises:
 separate buttons for each of said number pad, calculator and navigate modes;   a media button for launching a media application;   a mute button; and   number buttons 0-9, a portion of said number buttons having a second function, said function being one of back, forward, open and close.